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Schools

Brewer High School

Cindy McLaughlin, health and outdoor education teacher at Brewer High School, participated in a workshop on teaching ice skating at the Maine Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance annual meeting Nov. 5 at the Mid-Coast Recreation Center in Rockport.

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Michael Sighinolfi, a Brewer High School senior, has been nominated in the national Principal’s Leadership Award scholarship program. He was president of his class for three years, is the president of the student council and a member of the National Honor Society. Winners, chosen next spring, will receive $1,000 college scholarships.

Area students nominated to U.S. service academies

BANGOR – U.S. Rep. John Baldacci has announced nominations of area young people to United States service academies.

Bangor High School: Luke Nabozny of Bangor was nominated to the U.S. Military Academy.

Brewer High School: Zachary Bouzan-Kaloustian of Orrington was nominated to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. John Rohn of Brewer was nominated to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York.

Hampden Academy: Andrew Caldwell of Hampden was nominated to the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.

Old Town High School: Wesley Hopkins of Old Town was nominated to the U,S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Military Academy.

Colleges

Babson College

WELLESLEY, Mass. – Brent Crossman was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester. He is the son of Kevin Crossman of Holden.

Connecticut College

NEW LONDON, Conn. – Rebecca Schweikert has completed a summer internship through the college’s Career Enhancing Life Skills program. She worked at the New England Aquarium in Boston. Schweikert is a 1999 graduate of Bangor High School and the daughter of Lauren and Richard Schweikert of Bangor.

University of Maine

ORONO – The University of Maine’s Jordan Planetarium is offering two public star shows throughout the month of December. One is an exploration of space that explains celestial speed and distance and the other gives young sky watchers an introduction to the solar system.

At 7 p.m. on Fridays, Worlds in Motion answers the question, “How fast are we really going?”

From the microscopic world of electrons zipping around the nucleus of an atom to our own galaxy zooming across the universe, this show explores how and why everything moves the way it does. Most people know how long a year is, but very few consider how fast our planet moves to complete one orbit of the sun.

At 2 p.m. on Sundays, young sky gazers age 5-8 get an introduction to our friendly solar system. We will chat with Father Sun and all of the planets that are a part of our Sky Family.

Admission is $4, $3 for children and senior citizens.

For more information and reservations call the Jordan planetarium at 581-1341 or visit umainesky.com.